Man arrested after chase near Dorman Centre, accused of almost hitting Spartanburg officer with car

Theodore Anthony Brooks

Spartanburg County deputies escort 31-year-old Theodore Anthony Brooks out of the woods near the Girl Scout camp on Spartanburg's west side on Tuesday.

TIM KIMZEY/tim.kimzey@shj.com

From staff reports

Published: Tuesday, February 12, 2013 at 11:32 a.m.

Last Modified: Tuesday, February 12, 2013 at 11:32 a.m.

Two Spartanburg men have been charged in a shoplifting incident after one of them almost hit a Spartanburg police detective with a car Tuesday.

Theodore Anthony Brooks, 32, of 350 Norris St., Apt. 208-B, Spartanburg, has been charged by the Spartanburg Public Safety Department with attempted murder, reckless driving, driving under suspension third or subsequent office and shoplifting, according to online jail records.

Capt. Regina Nowak said an investigator was shopping at the Dorman Centre Walmart when he heard a call for loss prevention for two men who were trying to leave the store with 10 to 12 cases of beer in a shopping cart. One of the men, later identified as 19-year-old Odell Shaquille Ferguson IV, was quickly taken into custody and the other, identified as Brooks, ran out of the store and almost hit the investigator with his car, Nowak said.

Brooks later crashed his car near Highway 29 and Camelot Drive and ran into the woods near the Girl Scout camp, Nowak said.

City officers, Spartanburg County Sheriff's Office deputies and the sheriff's office's helicopter responded, and Brooks was taken into custody after a K-9 unit caught up with him near Powell Mill Road, Nowak said.

Ferguson has been charged with shoplifting. He and Brooks remained at the Spartanburg County Detention Facility on Tuesday awaiting bond hearings.

<p>Two Spartanburg men have been charged in a shoplifting incident after one of them almost hit a Spartanburg police detective with a car Tuesday.</p><p>Theodore Anthony Brooks, 32, of 350 Norris St., Apt. 208-B, Spartanburg, has been charged by the Spartanburg Public Safety Department with attempted murder, reckless driving, driving under suspension third or subsequent office and shoplifting, according to online jail records.</p><p>Capt. Regina Nowak said an investigator was shopping at the Dorman Centre Walmart when he heard a call for loss prevention for two men who were trying to leave the store with 10 to 12 cases of beer in a shopping cart. One of the men, later identified as 19-year-old Odell Shaquille Ferguson IV, was quickly taken into custody and the other, identified as Brooks, ran out of the store and almost hit the investigator with his car, Nowak said. </p><p>Brooks later crashed his car near Highway 29 and Camelot Drive and ran into the woods near the Girl Scout camp, Nowak said.</p><p>City officers, Spartanburg County Sheriff's Office deputies and the sheriff's office's helicopter responded, and Brooks was taken into custody after a K-9 unit caught up with him near Powell Mill Road, Nowak said.</p><p>Ferguson has been charged with shoplifting. He and Brooks remained at the Spartanburg County Detention Facility on Tuesday awaiting bond hearings.</p>